page_title: Residential architecture in Poland
section_title: 1960s and 1970s
hierarchical_section_title: Residential architecture in Poland / 1960s and 1970s
context_page_description: Houses in Poland can be divided into three categories: residential houses, recreational houses and mansions or palaces.
context_section_description: After the Second World War a growing middle class emerged in Poland and brick-built houses became popular. These are generally constructed out of large ceramic bricks (for good insulation) and the outside is then plastered over and painted.
  Their layouts are broadly similar. There is a lower ground floor which is half below ground level and usually has small windows. Here there are storage rooms, sometimes a garage and often a second kitchen (or "summer kitchen"). The lower ground floor was used for drying meat, storing vegetables, etc., and acting as a useful insulation level.
  They are still useful; many have their own external door, and so have become offices for small businesses. On the raised ground floor are the reception room, main kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms. These may not be the most picturesque of houses but the majority are solid, well built and extremely practical.
caption: A typical Polish apartment block built in the 1970s
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